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Perquimans County recorded an unemployment rate of 5.1% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 285 people out of the 13,002 living in Perquimans County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Perquimans County has decreased compared to the 5.3% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Perquimans County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.2%.

Of the 5,288 people who had a job during that time, 42 were employed in the Armed Forces and 5,246 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	285	5.1%
Employed	5,288	94.9%
Employed in civilian labor force	5,246	94.1%
Employed in armed forces	42	0.8%